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lordship |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lordship \Lord"ship\, n. 1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. --Dryden. 3. Dominion; power; authority. They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them --Mark x. 42. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Lordship n 1: a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge: "Your Lordship" or "His Lordship" [syn: {Lordship}] 2: the authority of a lord
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